2021–22 Liga FPD

The 2021–22 Liga FPD season, also known as Liga Promérica^[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the 101st season since its establishment. The tournament was divided into two championships, the Apertura and Clausura, each in an identical format and each contested by 12 teams.

Liga FPD

Season	2021–22
Dates	27 July 2021 – 6 July 2022
Champions	Apertura: Herediano Clausura: Cartaginés
Relegated	Jicaral
CONCACAF League	Herediano Cartaginés Alajuelense
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Apertura

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Herediano	22	14	3	5	35	17	+18	45	Advance to playoffs and (if necessary) grand final
2	Alajuelense	22	12	5	5	42	24	+18	41	Advance to playoffs
3	Santos de Guápiles	22	10	6	6	45	34	+11	36
4	Saprissa	22	9	7	6	40	22	+18	34
5	Cartaginés	22	10	4	8	30	28	+2	34
6	Grecia	22	8	5	9	29	26	+3	29
7	Sporting San José	22	7	6	9	30	37	−7	27
8	San Carlos	22	5	9	8	28	34	−6	24
9	Pérez Zeledón	22	6	6	10	21	29	−8	24
10	Guanacasteca	22	6	6	10	21	35	−14	24
11	Guadalupe	22	4	9	9	18	34	−16	21
12	Jicaral	22	4	8	10	19	38	−19	20

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

Saprissa	3–0	Herediano
Sinclair 9' Marín 39' Pemberton 90+1'	[2][3]

1 December 2021 (2021-12-1)

20:00

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Referee: Cristian Rodríguez

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Santos de Guápiles	3–2	Alajuelense
Paradela 2', 52' Barquero 22'	[4][5]	15' (o.g.) Meneses 90+3' Venegas

2 December 2021 (2021-12-2)

19:00 CST

Estadio Ebal Rodríguez, Guápiles

Attendance: 50

Referee: Adrián Chinchilla

Second leg

Herediano	1–0	Saprissa
Rocha 8'	[6][7]

5 December 2021 (2021-12-5)

19:30

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 100

Referee: David Gómez

Saprissa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Alajuelense	1–0	Santos de Guápiles
Torres 14'	[8][9]

5 December 2021 (2021-12-5)

16:00 CST

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 100

Referee: Hugo Cruz

3–3 on aggregate, Alajuelense progress on away goals rule.^[10]

Final

First leg

Saprissa	2–1	Alajuelense
Bolaños 45' Marín 64'	[11][12]	35' Torres

9 December 2021 (2021-12-9)

18:00

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 50

Referee: Benjamín Pineda

Second leg

Alajuelense	0–0	Saprissa
	[13][14]

12 December 2021 (2021-12-12)

17:00

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Pedro Navarro

Saprissa won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grand final

First leg

Saprissa	0–1	Herediano
	[15][16]	87' (pen.) Basulto

16 December 2021 (2021-12-16)

18:00

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: David Gómez

Second leg

Herediano	3–2	Saprissa
Bolaños 45+3' (o.g.) Tejeda 81' Franco 89'	[17][18]	28', 46' Bolaños

19 December 2021 (2021-12-19)

17:00

Estadio José Joaquín "Colleya" Fonseca [es], San José

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón

Herediano won 4–2 on aggregate.

Clausura

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense	22	13	3	6	36	19	+17	42	Advance to playoffs and (if necessary) grand final
2	Herediano	22	9	9	4	32	19	+13	36	Advance to playoffs
3	Cartaginés	22	10	4	8	45	36	+9	34
4	Saprissa	22	10	4	8	30	30	0	34
5	San Carlos	22	9	7	6	31	31	0	34[a]
6	Sporting San José	22	8	6	8	29	28	+1	30
7	Guadalupe	22	8	5	9	32	37	−5	29
8	Santos de Guápiles	22	7	5	10	28	31	−3	26
9	Grecia	22	7	5	10	26	31	−5	26
10	Jicaral	22	6	7	9	25	35	−10	25
11	Pérez Zeledón	22	5	8	9	25	29	−4	23
12	Guanacasteca	22	5	7	10	23	36	−13	22

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw
Notes:

1. San Carlos ranked below all other clubs with equal number of points due to sanctions for having a suspended member of staff in the technical area in round 10.^[19]

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

Cartaginés	1–0	Herediano
Vargas 18'	[20]

19 June 2022 (2022-6-19)

Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich, Cartago

Referee: Hugo Cruz

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Saprissa	1–1	Alajuelense
Waston 83'	[21]	60' Venegas

19 June 2022 (2022-6-19)

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Referee: Josué Ugalde

Second leg

Herediano	1–1	Cartaginés
Rojas 28'	[22]	66' Venegas

21 June 2022 (2022-6-21)

Estadio José Joaquín "Colleya" Fonseca [es], San José

Referee: Benjamín Pineda

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Alajuelense	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Saprissa
Mora 47' González 102' Góndola 117'	[23]	Marín 71'

22 June 2022 (2022-6-22)

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Pedro Navarro

Final

First leg

Cartaginés	0–0	Alajuelense
	[24]

26 June 2022 (2022-6-26)

Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich, Cartago

Referee: Adrián Chinchilla

Second leg

Alajuelense	1–1	Cartaginés
Briceño 70' (o.g.)	[25]	85' Hernández

30 June 2022 (2022-6-30)

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Hugo Cruz

Grand final

First leg

Cartaginés	1–0	Alajuelense
Venegas 90+2'	[26]

3 July 2022 (2022-7-3)

Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich, Cartago

Referee: Keylor Herrera

Second leg

Alajuelense	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Cartaginés
Gamboa 58'	[27]	105' Campos

6 July 2022 (2022-7-6)

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Benjamín Pineda

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense	44	25	8	11	78	43	+35	83	Qualified for 2022 CONCACAF League preliminary round as non-champions with best regular season record
2	Herediano	44	23	12	9	67	36	+31	81	Qualified for 2022 CONCACAF League round of 16 as Apertura champions
3	Saprissa	44	19	11	14	70	52	+18	68
4	Cartaginés	44	20	8	16	75	64	+11	68	Qualified for 2022 CONCACAF League round of 16 as Clausura champions
5	Santos de Guápiles	44	17	11	16	73	65	+8	62
6	San Carlos	44	14	16	14	59	65	−6	58
7	Sporting San José	44	15	12	17	59	65	−6	57
8	Grecia	44	15	10	19	55	57	−2	55
9	Guadalupe	44	12	14	18	50	71	−21	50
10	Pérez Zeledón	44	11	14	19	46	58	−12	47
11	Guanacasteca	44	11	13	20	44	71	−27	46
12	Jicaral	44	10	15	19	44	73	−29	45	Relegated to Segunda División de Costa Rica

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw